Posts Tagged ‘Renewable Energy’

By Jerry Yudelson, Speaker, Author, Green Building Consultant December 6, 2016 Here are the second five of the ten green building megatrends. Note that these are not necessarily in order of current or future importance! Part one was posted on November 29, 2016. The discussion is taken from my latest book, Reinventing Green Building (New Society Publishers, 2016).

By Jerry Yudelson, Speaker, Author, Green Building Consultant November 29, 2016 In 2016 book, Reinventing Green Building, Jerry Yudelson identified 10 megatrends that he believes will shape green building technologies, markets, government rules and certification systems through 2020 and beyond. And, by the way, Jerry Yudelson doesn’t think that the election of Donald Trump will in any way disrupt […]

The First International Forum “Energy Efficiency in Buildings”, Moscow Russia September 8, 2016: International Forum was opened by the rector of the NRU MSUCE Alexander Volkov, presenting the report “System engineering of effective building management.” Andrey Anatolyevich emphasized that this theme – innovation, on which the conceptual base is formed just now. Rector noted that […]

Why Certification Systems Aren’t Working and What We Can Do About It. The book Reinventing Green Building, by Jerry Yudelson, will be available about June 1st. It’s full of detailed statistical analysis of how green building in the US has hit the wall the past few years, commentary from two dozen industry leaders, and detailed recommendations on […]

The new administrative building of the Vorarlberg Illwerke was built in six weeks of construction primarily in wood Outdoor natural, inside nature: the 130-meter-long Illwerke Center Montafon was built by Hermann Kaufmann almost entirely of wood finished parts. Vandans – Outside the window unfolds with its never-ending coniferous forests and its clammy each other back […]

Credit to: RMI By Amory B. Lovins Popular media and political chatter are abuzz with a cacophony of energy news and opinion. Amid the chaos, some orderly strands can be discerned. Here are three themes that merit attention: EFFICIENCY IS ACCELERATING Government forecasts predict U.S. energy intensity (primary energy used per dollar of real GDP) […]

Sources: iPHA, Land Consulting High levels of energy efficiency are all the more important when it comes to high-rise buildings. For the first time ever, an office tower in Vienna has achieved the Passive House Standard. The certificate was presented by Susanne Theumer of the Passive House Institute on the 20th floor of the building with […]